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  • Adithya TV, DD Bihar new entrants in Tamil, Bhojpuri markets in week 31

    Adithya TV, DD Bihar new entrants in Tamil, Bhojpuri markets in week 31

    MUMBAI: Adithya TV, a 24-hour Tamil comedy channel from the Sun TV Network came as a new entrant in the Tamil market after BARC released its ratings for week 31. Bhojpuri market also notice a new entrant this week with DD Bihar. Star continues to rule the south regions – Malayalam and Telugu with channels Asianet and Star Maa, while ZEEL’s regional channels Zee Bangla and Zee Marathi continue to rule their respective languages of Bengali and Marathi. This week Colors Bangla retained fourth position from fifth, but in the Tamil market, Sun Life came to fifth position again dethroning Colors Tamil. There wasn’t much change in the hierarchy for Bhojpuri, Kannada and Tamil with Big Ganga, Colors Kannada and Sun TV retaining their top slots.

    Bangla

    Zee Bangla continued to be placed in the first position in week 31 with an increase in viewership from 338350 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 354634 impressions (000s) this week. Star Jalsha too retained the second slot with 285884 impressions (000s) followed by Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath with 68316 impressions (000s), 65406 impressions (000s) and 59098 impressions (000s) respectively. All the channels in this market saw an increase in gross viewership this week.

    Bhojpuri

    This week, Big Ganga stood at the number one position to gain the highest number of viewership with 61931 impressions (000s), while Bhojpuri Cinema came second with 44723 impressions (000s), followed by Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum in the third position with 8145 impressions (000s). This week News18 Bihar Jharkhand came to fourth position with 3594 impressions (000s). DD Bihar came as a new entrant this week with 1575 impressions (000s).

    Kannada

    Kannada region didn’t notice any change this week. Colors Kannada retained its top position with 454407 impressions (000s). Zee Kannada and Star Suvarna retained their second and fifth positions with 400075 impressions (000s) and 167580 impressions (000s) respectively. Udaya Movies retained its third position with 240933 impressions (000s) and Udaya TV maintained its fourth position with 236768 impressions (000s).

    Malayalam

    Asianet, the Malayalam general entertainment channel of Star TV retained its first position this week as well with 316389 impressions (000s). Surya TV and Mazhavil Manorama retained their second and third positions with 95003 impressions (000s) and 92345 impressions (000s) respectively. Flowers TV remained at the fourth position with 89982 impressions (000s) followed by Asianet Movies, which also maintained its fifth position with 64215 impressions (000s) this week.

    Marathi

    Zee Marathi remained steadfast in the number one position but saw a decrease in viewership from 326009 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 320505 impressions (000s) as of this week. Zee Talkies and Zee Yuva stayed at second and fifth positions respectively with 133441 impressions (000s) and 72303 impressions (000s). Colors Marathi and Star Pravah swapped their third and fourth positions this week with 117616 impressions (000s) and 124150 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Tamil

    Tamil market saw a slight change this week. Star Vijay and Zee Tamil swapped their second and third positions with 447452 impressions (000s) and 448728 impressions (000s) respectively. Sun TV and KTV retained their first and fourth positions with a gross viewership of 980333 impressions (000s) and 305139 impressions (000s) respectively. This week Adithya TV gained fifth position dethroning Sun Life with 73746 impressions (000s).

    Telugu

    Telugu region didn’t notice any change this week as well. Star Maa, Zee Telugu, ETV Telugu and Gemini TV retained their first, second, third and fourth positions with total viewership of 605581 impressions (000s), 534541 impressions (000s), 471771 impressions (000s) and 429793 impressions (000s) respectively. Gemini Movies also retained its fifth position with 209878 impressions (000s). This week all the channels in this region saw a decrease in their gross viewership.

  • Bengali market gross viewership increased in BARC week 29

    Bengali market gross viewership increased in BARC week 29

    MUMBAI: Star continues to rule the south regions – Malayalam and Telugu with channels Asianet and Star Maa, while ZEEL’s regional channels Zee Bangla and Zee Marathi continue to rule their respective languages of Bengali and Marathi with Zee Bangla and Zee Marathi after BARC released its ratings for week 29. This week Colors Bangla didn’t do well and came down to fifth position, but in the Tamil market, Colors Tamil came as a new entrant. There wasn’t much change in the hierarchy for Bhojpuri, Kannada and Tamil with Big Ganga, Colors Kannada and Sun TV retaining their top slots.

    Bangla

    Zee Bangla continued to be placed in number one position in week 29 with an increase in viewership from 276815 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 306953 impressions (000s) this week. Star Jalsha too remained in the second slot with 299539 impressions (000s) followed by Jalsha Movies, who maintained its third slot with 74170 impressions (000s). Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath exchanged their fourth and fifth positions this week with 56003 impressions (000s) and 59257 impressions (000s) respectively. This week, all channels in this market saw an increase in the viewership as compared to last week.

    Bhojpuri

    This week, Big Ganga managed to gain the highest number of viewership with 47281 impressions (000s), while Bhojpuri Cinema came second with 45442 impressions (000s), followed by Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum with 7230 impressions (000s). Mahuaa Plus climbed to fourth position from fifth with 2333 impressions (000s). Oscar Movies Bhojpuri came as a new entrant this week with impressions 1908 impressions (000s).

    Kannada

    Kannada region remained unchanged this week as well. Colors Kannada retained its top position but saw a decrease in viewership from 414372 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 403690 impressions (000s) of this week. Zee Kannada and Star Suvarna retained their second and fifth positions with 382100 impressions (000s) and 151063 (000s) respectively. Udaya Movies and Udaya TV swapped their third and fourth positions this week with 228477 impressions (000s) and 2237431 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Malayalam

    Asianet, the Malayalam general entertainment channel of Star TV retained its first position this week as well with 299541 impressions (000s). Flowers TV got dragged down to fourth position from second position with 85860 impressions (000s) while Mazhavil Manorama crawled up to second position with 90247 impressions (000s). Surya TV and Asianet Movies retained their third and fifth positions this week with 86420 impressions (000s) and 75016 (000s) impressions respectively.

    Marathi

    This week, the Marathi market didn’t notice any change. Zee Marathi remained steadfast in the number one position with 279070 impressions (000s). Zee Talkies gained second position with 154940 impressions (000s) followed by Colors Marathi, Star Pravah and Zee Yuva in third, fourth and fifth positions with 145457 impressions (000s), 116852 impressions (000s) and 59103 impressions (000s) respectively. This week all the channels in this market saw an increase in viewership.

    Tamil

    Tamil market saw a slight change this week. Star Vijay, Zee Tamil and KTV retained their second, third and fourth positions with 496816 impressions (000s), 447840 impressions (000s) and 320731 impressions (000s). Sun TV retained its top position with a gross viewership of 1004673. This week Colors Tamil gained fifth position dethroning Sun Life with 78973 impressions (000s).

     Telugu

    Telugu region didn’t notice any change this week. Star Maa, Zee Telugu, ETV Telugu and Gemini TV retained their first, second, third and fourth positions with total viewership of 630131 impressions (000s), 545142 impressions (000s), 490403 impressions (000s) and 424919 impressions (000s) respectively. Gemini Movies also retained its fifth position with 200644 impressions (000s). This week all the channels in this region saw an increase in their gross viewership.

  • Sun Life enters Tamil market in BARC week 28

    Sun Life enters Tamil market in BARC week 28

    MUMBAI: Sun Life, the movie channel by Sun TV Network came as a new entrant this week after Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) released its ratings for week 28. ZEEL’s Bengali and Marathi channels Zee Bangla and Zee Marathi continue to rule their respective regions. Star is still ruling the south regions – Malayalam and Telugu through channels Asianet and Star Maa. There wasn’t much change in the hierarchy for Bhojpuri, Kannada and Tamil with Big Ganga, Colors Kannada and Sun TV retaining their top slots

    Bangla

    Zee Bangla continued to be placed in the numero uno spot in week 28 but saw a decrease in viewership from 290285 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 276815 impressions (000s) this week. Star Jalsha too remained in the second slot with 269241 impressions (000s) followed by Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath, who retained their third, fourth and fifth positions this week with 64568 impressions (000s), 55190 impressions (000s) and 47873 impressions (000s) respectively. This week, all channels in this market saw a decrease in the viewership as compared to last week.

    Bhojpuri

    This week Big Ganga managed to gain the highest number of viewership with 47476 impressions (000s), while Bhojpuri Cinema came second with 42089 impressions (000s). Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum and Mahuaa Plus retained their third and fifth slots with 5818 impressions (000s) and 1804 impressions (000s) respectively. News18 Bihar Jharkhand came back in the fourth position dethroning Oscar Movies Bhojpuri with 2391 impressions (000s).

    Kannada

    Kannada region remained unchanged this week as well. Colors Kannada retained its number one slot but underwent an increase in viewership from 389352 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 414372 impressions (000s) impressions (000s) of this week. Zee Kannada and Star Suvarna retained their second and fifth positions with 331327 impressions (000s) and 156191 (000s) respectively. Udaya TV and Udaya Movies swapped their third and fourth positions this week with impressions 209998 impressions (000s) and 210375 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Malayalam

    Asianet, the Malayalam general entertainment channel of Star TV retained its first position this week as well with 299372 impressions (000s). Flowers TV moved to the second position with 87823 impressions (000s) pusing back Flowers TV to third position with 86495 impressions (000s). Mazhavil Manorama and Asianet Movies swapped their fourth and fifth positions this week with 77405 impressions (000s) and 85909 (000s) impressions respectively.

    Marathi

    This week, the Marathi market didn’t notice any change. Zee Marathi remained steadfast in the number one position with 276783 impressions (000s). Zee Talkies gained second position with 157497 impressions (000s) followed by Colors Marathi, Star Pravah and Zee Yuva in third, fourth and fifth positions with 136974 impressions (000s), 108315 impressions (000s) and 46851 impressions (000s) respectively. But this week most of the channels in this market saw a decrease in viewership.

    Tamil

    Star Vijay, Zee TV and KTV retained their second, third and fourth positions with 442056 impressions (000s), 431969 impressions (000s) and 294428 impressions (000s). Sun TV retained its top position and saw an increase in viewership from 890935 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 984862 impressions (000s) as of this week. This week Adityha TV was dethroned from the fifth position and Sun Life, a film channel by Sun TV Network came as a new entrant with 70755 impressions (000s).

    Telugu

    Telugu region didn’t notice any change this week. Star Maa, Zee Telugu, ETV Telugu and Gemini TV retained their first, second, third and fourth positions with total viewership of 534453 impressions (000s), 473971 impressions (000s), 404724 impressions (000s) and 195384 impressions (000s) respectively. Gemini Movies also retained its fifth position with 195384 impressions (000s). But this week all the channels in this region saw an increase in their gross viewership.

  • Sun TV notices downfall in gross viewership in BARC week 27

    Sun TV notices downfall in gross viewership in BARC week 27

    MUMBAI: Star continues to rule the south regions – Malayalam and Telugu channels Asianet and Star Maa and has also gained second position in the Tamil region pushing behind Zee to the third position in Broadcast Audience Research Council ratings for week 27, while ZEEL’s regional channels Zee Bangla and Zee Marathi continue to rule their respective languages of Bengali and Marathi. Big Ganga has been able to gain the top position in the Bhojpuri market. There wasn’t much change in the hierarchy for Kannada and Tamil with Colors Kannada and Sun TV retaining their top slots but Sun TV noticing a decrease in its gross viewership.

    Bangla

    Zee Bangla continued to be placed in the numero uno spot in week 27 but saw a decrease in viewership from 276815 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 291010 impressions (000s) this week. Star Jalsha too remained in the second slot with 271440 impressions (000s) followed by Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath, who retained their third, fourth and fifth positions this week with 63231 impressions (000s), 53206 impressions (000s) and 44098 impressions (000s) respectively. This week most of the channels in this market saw a decrease in the viewership as compared to last week.

    Bhojpuri

    This week Big Ganga managed to gain the highest number of viewership with 43719 impressions (000s), while Bhojpuri Cinema came second with 41771 impressions (000s). Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum and Oscar Movies Bhojpuri retained their third and fourth slots with 5647 impressions (000s) and 2027 impressions (000s) respectively. Mahuaa Plus came back in the fifth position with 1724 impressions (000s) dethroning News 18 Bihar Jharkhand, which was in the fifth position last week with 1442 impressions (000s).

    Marathi

    This week the Marathi market didn’t notice any change. Zee Marathi remained steadfast in the number one position with 282012 impressions (000s). Zee Talkies gained second position with 160343 impressions (000s) followed by Colors Marathi, Star Pravah and Zee Yuva in third, fourth and fifth positions with 123112 impressions (000s), 102911 impressions (000s) and 52237 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Kannada

    Kannada region remained unchanged this week as well. Colors Kannada retained its number one slot but underwent an increase in viewership from 389352 as recorded last week to 406405 impressions (000s) impressions (000s) of this week. Following Colors Kannada are Zee Kannada – 312339 impressions (000s), Udaya TV – 218228 impressions (000s), Udaya Movies – 201408 impressions (000s) and Star Suvarna – 125699 impressions (000s). Except Colors Kannada and Udaya Movies, all other channels in this region saw a decrease in viewership as compared to last week.

    Malayalam

    Asianet, the Malayalam general entertainment channel of Star TV retained its first position this week as well with 299372 impressions (000s). Surya TV moved to the second position with 93006 impressions (000s) pusing back Flowers TV to third position with 86835 impressions (000s). Mazhavil Manorama and Asianet Movies remained in fourth and fifth positions with 73449 impressions (000s) and 71592 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Tamil

    Zee Tamil was dragged down to third position from second climbed up to second position with 419669 impressions (000s), while Star Vijay gained second position this week with 429225 impressions (000s). Sun TV who retained its top position saw a decrease in viewership from 916957 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 890935 impressions (000s) as of this week. KTV held its fourth position with 297775 impressions (000s). This week Colors Tamil was dethroned from the fifth position by Adityha TV, that came fifth with 67917 impressions (000s). 

    Telugu

    Telugu region didn’t notice any change this week. Star Maa and Zee Telugu retained their first and second positions with total viewership of 526572 impressions (000s) and 465243 impressions (000s). Gemini TV and ETV Telugu swapped their third and fourth positions with 358711 impressions (000s) 396150 impressions (000s) respectively. Gemini Movies retained its fifth position with 176582 impressions (000s).

  • Star TV leads Malayalam, Telugu regions in BARC week 26

    Star TV leads Malayalam, Telugu regions in BARC week 26

    MUMBAI: Star TV’s regional channels Asianet and Star Maa are leading the Malayalam and Telugu languages while ZEEL’s regional channels Zee Bangla and Zee Marathi continue to rule their respective languages of Bengali and Marathi in Broadcast Audience Research Council ratings for week 26. Big Ganga has again been pushed back to second position, while Bhojpuri Cinema became number one. There wasn’t much change in the hierarchy for Kannada and Tamil with Colors Kannada and Sun TV retaining their top slots.

    Bangla

    This week in the Bengali market, all channels saw an increase in their gross viewership as compared to last week. Zee Bangla continued to be placed in the numero uno spot in week 26 as well with an increase in viewership from 265682 impressions (000s) as recorded last week to 291010 impressions (000s) this week. Star Jalsha too remained in the second slot with 279654 impressions (000s) followed by Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath, who retained their third, fourth and fifth positions this week with 70701 impressions (000s), 50960 impressions (000s) and 43004 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Bhojpuri

    This week Bhojpuri Cinema gained the highest number of viewership with 40195 impressions (000s), while Big Ganga came second with 37069 impressions (000s). Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum and Oscar Movies Bhojpuri retained their third and fourth slots with 5912 impressions (000s) and 1775 impressions (000s) respectively. News 18 Bihar Jharkhand came as a new entrant in the fifth position with 1442 impressions (000s) dethroning Mahuaa Plus which was in the fifth position last week.

    Marathi

    This week the Marathi market didn’t notice much change. Zee Marathi continued to be placed in the number one position with 285175 impressions (000s). Zee Talkies gained second position with 145412 impressions (000s) pushing back Colors Marathi to third position with 125842 impressions (000s), followed by Star Pravah and Zee Yuva in fourth and fifth positions with 103300 impressions (000s) and 51204 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Kannada

    Kannada region didn’t see any change this week, however, all the channels saw an increase in their gross viewership. Colors Kannada retained its number one slot with 389352 impressions (000s), followed by Zee Kannada – 318173 impressions (000s), Udaya TV – 231290 impressions (000s), Udaya Movies – 189109 impressions (000s) and Star Suvarna – 167073 impressions (000s).

    Malayalam

    Malayalam market also remained unchanged this week. Asianet, the Malayalam channel of Star TV retained its number one position this week with 299372 impressions (000s). Flowers TV maintained second position 92267 impressions (000s). Surya TV and Mazhavil Manorama retained their third and fourth positions with 88243 impressions (000s) and 83197 impressions (000s) respectively. Asianet Movies remained in the fifth position with 61754 impressions (000s).

    Tamil

    Zee Tamil climbed up to second position with 429632 impressions (000s) pushing back Star Vijay to third position this week with 423667 impressions (000s). Sun TV and KTV held their first and fourth positions with 916957 impressions (000s) and 287961 impressions (000s). Colors Tamil retained its fifth position with 74877 impressions (000s). But this week, the all channels in this market saw an increase in their gross viewership except Colors Tamil.

    Telugu

    Zee Telugu and Star Maa swapped their first and second positions with total viewership of 490189 impressions (000s) and 491392 impressions (000s). Gemini TV, ETV Telugu and Gemini Movies retained their respective third, fourth and fifth positions with 400387 impressions (000s), 379331 impressions (000s) and 160935 impressions (000s).

  • ZEE leads Bangla, Marathi and Telugu regions in BARC week 25

    ZEE leads Bangla, Marathi and Telugu regions in BARC week 25

    MUMBAI: ZEEL’s regional channels Zee Bangla, Zee Marathi and Zee Telugu moved to number one position in their respective regions – Bengali, Marathi and Telugu after BARC released its ratings for week 25. After standing at the second position for week 24, Big Ganga has been able to retain its top position again this week. There wasn’t much change in the hierarchy for southern regions like Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil with Colors Kannada, Asianet and Sun TV retaining their top slots.

    Bangla

    Star Jalsha and Zee Bangla swapped their first and second positions with 263565 impressions (000s) and 265682 impressions (000s) respectively. Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath retained their third, fourth and fifth positions this week with 58665 impressions (000s), 43899 impressions (000s) and 40911 impressions (000s) respectively. But this week, the ratings of all five channels have decreased as recorded last week.

    Bhojpuri

    This week Big Ganga became successful in grabbing the first slot with impressions 36847 impressions (000s) pushing back Bhojpuri Cinema to second position with 36515 impressions (000s) while Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum, Oscar Movies Bhojpuri, Mahuaa Plus retained their third, fourth and fifth slots with 4724 impressions (000s), 1914 impressions (000s) and 1847 impressions (000s) respectively.

    Marathi

    Zee Marathi continued to be placed in the numero uno spot garnering a gross viewership of 274720 impressions (000s) but saw n decrease in viewership as compared to last week i.e. 301882 impressions (000s). Zee Talkies and Colors Marathi exchanged their second and third positions with 116018 impressions (000s) and 125812 impressions (000s) respectively, followed by Star Pravah and Zee Yuva in fourth and fifth positions with 109095 impressions (000s) and 68382 impressions (000s).

    Kannada

    Kannada region didn’t see much change this week. Colors Kannada remained number one slot with 364105 impressions (000s), followed by Zee Kannada – 309056 impressions (000s), Udaya TV – 219418 impressions (000s), Udaya Movies – 185482 impressions (000s) and Star Suvarna – 157915 impressions (000s).

    Malayalam

    Malayalam market also remained unchanged this week. Asianet, the Malayalam channel of Star TV retained its number one position this week with 248254 impressions (000s), while Flowers TV crawled up to second position with 90499 impressions (000s). Mazhavil Manorama and Surya TV swapped their third and fourth positions with 80942 impressions (000s) and 87234 impressions (000s) respectively. This week, Asianet Movies ranked fifth dethroning Surya Movies with 68366 impressions (000s).

    Tamil

    Zee Tamil and  Star Vijay swapped their second and third positions this week with 389694 impressions (000s) and 470688 impressions (000s) respectively, while Sun TV and KTV held their first and fourth positions with 882668 impressions (000s) and 276071 impressions (000s). Colors Tamil retained its fifth position with 75826 impressions (000s) with an increase in viewership 60659 impressions (000s) as compared to last week.

    Telugu

    Zee Telugu climbed up a notch to be back at number one this week, garnering a gross viewership of 497232 impressions (000s), while Star Maa became second with 485332 impressions (000s). Gemini TV, ETV Telugu and Gemini Movies retained their respective third, fourth and fifth positions with 388841 impressions (000s), 385437 impressions (000s) and 178293 impressions (000s).

  • Colors Tamil the new entrant in BARC’s week 24 data for Tamil market

    Colors Tamil the new entrant in BARC’s week 24 data for Tamil market

    MUMBAI: Colors Tamil, the newly launched Tamil regional channel of Viacom 18, was the new entrant in the Tamil market after BARC released its rating for week 24. Star Maa, a Telugu channel of Star TV, topped the charts, with Big Ganga settling for second position. There wasn’t much change in the hierarchy for other regions like Bengali, Marathi and Kannada, with Star Jalsha, Zee Marathi and Colors Kannada retaining their top slots.

    Bangla

    The Bengali region didn’t see any change in week 24. Star Jalsha and Zee Bangla maintained their first and second positions with 269956 impressions (000s) and 264219 impressions (000s) respectively. Following them were Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath in third, fourth and fifth positions this week with 59799 (000s), 50104 (000s) and 47682 (000s) impressions respectively.

    Bhojpuri

    The Bhojpuri region saw a slight change this week as Big Ganga and Bhojpuri Cinema swapped their first and second slots with 36089 impressions (000s) and 36359 impressions (000s) respectively, while Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum remained in the third position with 4459 impressions (000s). While Mahuaa Plus maintained its fifth position with 1638 impressions (000s), Oscar Movies Bhojpuri came in as a new entrant in fourth position dethroning News18 Bihar Jharkhand with 1509 (000s) impressions.

    Marathi

    Zee Marathi remained steadfast at number one this week as well, garnering a gross viewership with 301882 impressions (000s) with an increase in viewership as compared to last week i.e. 299493 (000s). Zee Talkies and Colors Marathi exchanged their second and third positions with 116018 impressions (000s) and 125812 impressions (000s) respectively, followed by Star Pravah and Zee Yuva in fourth and fifth positions with 109095 impressions (000s) and 68382 impressions (000s).

    Kannada

    Like Bengal, the Kannada region too didn’t witness any changes, as all channels maintained their positions as last week. Colors Kannada remained number one with 387781 impressions (000s), followed by Zee Kannada – 291346 impressions (000s), Udaya TV – 194925 impressions (000s), Udaya Movies – 193476 impressions (000s) and Star Suvarna – 163032 impressions (000s).

    Malayalam

    Asianet retained its number one position this week with 248254 impressions (000s). Mazhavil Manorama and Surya TV were third and fourth positions with 92725 impressions (000s) and 87580 impressions (000s) respectively, with Flowers TV moving up to second slot from fourth with 101060 impressions (000s). Surya TV and Flowers TV were down to the third and fourth spots with 92878 impressions (000s) and 90798 impressions (000s) respectively. This week, Surya Movies ranked fifth with 69901 impressions (000s).

    Tamil

    Zee Tamil and  Star Vijay retained their second and third positions this week with 383105 impressions (000s) and 368940 impressions (000s) respectively, while Sun TV and KTV held their first and fourth positions with 871111 impressions (000s) and 265648 impressions (000s). Colors Tamil came as the new entrant in fifth position, taking the place of Polimer TV with 60659 impressions (000s).

    Telugu

    This week, Zee Telugu and Star Maa swapped their first and second positions with 466347 impressions (000s) and 531288 impressions (000s) respectively. Gemini TV crawled up to third position with 384785 impressions (000s), while ETV Telugu dropped down to fourth slot with 369923 impressions (000s). Gemini Movies maintained its fifth place with 175804 impressions (000s).

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  • Polimer TV, Gemini Movies make presence felt in BARC’s week 23 data

    Polimer TV, Gemini Movies make presence felt in BARC’s week 23 data

    MUMBAI:  Polimer TV, Tamil language satellite television channel and Gemini Movies, a Telugu movie channel of Sun Network, were the two new entrants in the Tamil and Telugu markets after BARC released its ratings for week 23. Star Jalsha and Zee Marathi topped their respective markets, while the hierarchy of channels in the Southern regions remained constant with Colors Kannada and Asianet retaining their top positions.

    Bangla

    Zee Bangla with 283920 impressions (000s) and Star Jalsha with 274669 impressions (000s) swapped their first and second positions in the Bengali region in week 23. Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath retained their respective third, fourth and fifth positions this week with 63579 (000s), 52817 (000s) and 51133 (000s) impressions.

    Bhojpuri

    Big Ganga, Bhojpuri Cinema, Bhojpuri Dhamaka DHISUM maintained their first, second and third slots with 43341 (000s), 41111 (000s) and 5701 (000s) impressions respectively. However, News18 Bihar Jharkhand and Mahuaa Plus maintained their fourth and fifth slots with 1638 (000s) and 1620 (000s) impressions respectively.

    Marathi

    Zee Marathi remained steadfast at number one this week, garnering a gross viewership with 299493 impressions (000s), but saw a decrease in viewership as compare to last week with 321762 impressions (000s). Zee Talkies and Colors Marathi remained in second and third positions with 114524 impressions (000s) and 106946 impressions (000s) respectively followed by Star Pravah and Zee Yuva in fourth and fifth positions with 94825 impressions (000s) and 46035 impressions (000s).

    Kannada

    This week, the Kannada region did not notice any change with all channels retaining their positions from last week. Colors Kannada remained number one with 385482 impressions (000s), followed by Zee Kannada – impressions 289528 (000s), Udaya TV – 204116 impressions (000s), Udaya Movies – 190019 impressions (000s) and Star Suvarna – 163923 impressions (000s).

    Malayalam

    Asianet retained its number one position this week with 305109 impressions (000s). Mazhavil Manorama crawled up to second position from fourth with 111446 impressions (000s). Surya TV and Flowers TV dropped to third and fourth places with 92878 impressions (000s) and 90798 impressions (000s) respectively. Asianet Movies remained on the fifth position with 68973 impressions (000s).

    Tamil

    Zee Tamil and  Star Vijay retained their second and third positions this week with 409014 impressions (000s) and 393799 impressions (000s) respectively, while Sun TV and KTV retained their respective first and fourth positions with 750247 impressions (000s) and 260294 impressions (000s). Polimer TV was the new entrant with 64099 impressions (000s) dethroning Chutti TV from the fifth position.

    Telugu

    This week Star Maa and Zee Telugu swapped their first and second positions with 476420 impressions (000s) and 491684 impressions (000s). ETV Telugu and Gemini TV remained in third and fourth positions with 411272 impressions (000s) and 345714 impressions (000s) respectively. Gemini Movies was the new entrant with 173253 impressions (000s) dethroning Star Maa Movies from the fifth position.

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  • ZEE leads Bangla, Marathi markets in BARC week 22

    ZEE leads Bangla, Marathi markets in BARC week 22

    MUMBAI:  Zee moved to the number one position in two big markets – Bengali and Marathi – after BARC released its rating for week 22. Zee’s surge to the top pushed Star to number two and four position in the Bengali and Marathi markets respectively. There wasn’t much change in hierarchy for Southern regions like Kannada and Telugu as Colors Kannada and Star Maa retained their top slots.

    Bangla

    Star Jalsha with 272919 impressions (000s) and Zee Bangla with 273914 impressions (000s) swapped their first and second positions in the Bengali region in week 22. Jalsha Movies, Colors Bangla and Aakash Aath retained their respective third, fourth and fifth positions this week with 73299 (000s), 50893 (000s) and 50282 (000s) impressions.

    Bhojpuri

    Big Ganga, Bhojpuri Cinema, Bhojpuri Dhamaka DHISUM maintained their first, second and third slots with 46237, 40055 and 5075 impressions (000s) respectively. However, Mahuaa Plus and News18 Bihar Jharkhand interchanged their fourth and fifth slots with 1493 (000s) and 1541 (000s) impressions respectively.

    Marathi

    Zee Marathi remained steadfast at no. 1 this week, garnering a gross viewership with 321762 impressions (000s), an increase from 287651 impressions (000s) recorded in week 21. Colors Marathi and Zee Talkies exchanged their second and third positions with 112458 impressions (000s) and 116024 impressions (000s) respectively. Star Pravah and Zee Yuva retained their fourth and fifth positions this week with 102496 impressions (000s) and 47374 impressions (000s).

    Kannada

    This week, the Kannada region did not notice any change with all channels retaining their positions from last week. Colors Kannada remained no. 1 with 378983 impressions (000s), followed by Zee Kannada- impressions 294074 (000s), Udaya TV- 1948123 impressions (000s), Udaya Movies- 182196 impressions (000s) and Star Suvarna- 165557 impressions (000s).

    Malayalam

    Asianet retained its no. 1 position this week with 305109 impressions (000s). Mazhavil Manorama was dragged down to fourth from second with 79619 impressions (000s). Surya TV moved up to second slot and Flowers TV to third slot with 94709 impressions (000s) and 85311 impressions (000s) respectively. Asianet Movies remained on the fifth position with 79062 impressions (000s).

    Tamil

    Star Vijay and Zee Tamil swapped their second and third positions this week with 352173 impressions (000s) and 375715 impressions (000s) respectively, while Sun TV and KTV retained their respective first and fourth positions with 802861 impressions (000s) and 288802 impressions (000s). Chutti TV was the new entrant dethroning Star Sports 1 Tamil from the fifth position

    Telugu

    Telugu region also didn’t see any alterations this week. Star Maa continued to maintain the no. 1 slot with 500939 impressions (000s). Following Star Maa were Zee Telugu in the second position, ETV Telugu in the third position, Gemini TV in fourth and Star Maa Movies in fifth with 448132 (000s), 401674 impressions (000s), 401440 impressions (000s) and 202281impressions (000s) respectively.

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  • Udaya TV tops in the Kannada market

    Udaya TV tops in the Kannada market

    MUMBAI: In week nine of TAM TV ratings, let’s take a look at how regional channels have fared across the country. 

     

    In the Bihar + Jharkhand region in the CS4+ market, Big Magic Ganga led the chart with 2,365 GVTs followed by Mahuaa Plus with 1,122 GVTs and Anjan at the third spot with 666 GVTs.

     
    In the Marathi general entertainment channel (GEC) space, Z Marathi topped the Maharashtra region with 152,047 GVTs followed by Star Pravah at second position with 51,124 GVTs. ETV Marathi stood third with 49,906 GVTs.

     
    In the Bengali market, Star Jalsha continued to hold its number one position in West Bengal with 100,948 GVTs followed by Z Bangla with 81,658 GVTs and ETV Bangla at number three with 24,930 GVTs.

     
    In the Tamil GEC space, Sun TV registered number one position with 216,150 GVTs followed by Star Vijay with 90,069 GVTs and Z Tamil ranked number three with 21,000 GVTs.

     
    On the other hand, in the Kannada market, Udaya stood at number one spot with 68,402 GVTs. ETV Kannada ranked second with 53,460 GVTs and Suvarna at number three scored 47,679 GVTs.

     
    In the Telugu GEC space, Gemini became the chart leader with 108,013 GVTs followed by Maa TV with 95,444 GVTs and ETV at number three scored 82,710 GVTs.

     
    Lastly, in the Kerala region, Asianet scored the highest in the Malayalam category with 52,390 GVTs. Surya reported 13,104 GVTs and Asianet Plus garnered 5,170 GVTs.